"God will not suffer that one of his children should be lost."

"The whole sum of Christian philosophy is contained in these two points: the knowledge of God and of ourselves."

"I am unwilling to pledge my word for his safety, for if he shall come [to Geneva], I shall never permit him to depart alive, provided my authority be of any avail."

"Ignorance of predestination is a great evil, because it deprives us of the knowledge of God's glory."

"The Lord then would have all the godly to burn with so much zeal in the defense of lawful worship and true religion, that no connection, no relationship, nor any other consideration, connected with th…"